> November of 1949, I believe...
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> On Aug 8, 2005, at 2:02 PM, Sharon Mendonca wrote:
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>> Saw an interesting very old VW van this weekend in Morgan Hill, CA.
>> The license plate frame said "1958".  What was the first year that VW
>> vans were made anyway?

Single cab trucks 1952 model year
VW DC trucks 1959 m.y.
Westfalia-Camping box option about 1954-55?

"Vans" were first made in 1980?  A 1958 would have been a "bus"-first year
of the non "pressed bumper" buses.

FWIW,

Tom
63 DC bus
65 Deluxe Westy? bus
84 Westy Vanagon